{"product_id":"the-making-of-modern-china-the-ming-dynasty-to-the-qing-dynasty-1368-1912","title":"The Making of Modern China: The Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty (1368-1912) (Understanding China Thorough Comics) by Jing Liu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An excellent introduction to the large trends of early Chinese history; ideal for those new to the subject.\"--\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A great way to learn about China's vast history!\" - \u003cb\u003eAmy Tan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Joy Luck Club \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Combines breezy style with historical rigor to strike just the right gong-tone for a middle school audience approaching the vast scope of Chinese history.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-- Education About Asia \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003ePreviously in Understanding China through Comics .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom penniless farm boy to emperor of China\u003c\/strong\u003e .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNanjing \u003cbr\u003eReunifying China\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTurning inward: The Ming Dynasty, 1368 - 1644\u003c\/strong\u003e .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProtector of the poor . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLow tax .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabor duties .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeave people alone .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLow pay and corruption .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocal officials .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCentral government officials .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarehouse administrators .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudents .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"What a difficult situation this is!\" .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort-term measures with long-term implications\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLosing control of its own currency . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFailure of copper coins .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverspending destroys paper money .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetreat .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurning to silver .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJapanese pirates .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTax monetization for war .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMacau .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Why are we fighting with our money supply?\" .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpanish Americas .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"We don't control the trade or the source of silver.\"\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConscientious individuals in a flawed system . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWang Yangming and the School of Mind .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCore teaching .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImpact .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHai Rui, the oddball .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZhang Juzheng and a last attempt to save the empire\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It's a bad time to run out of money\" . \u003cbr\u003eFinal years of the Ming Dynasty . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Bandits can tear my body apart, but don't hurt my people\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManchus and the West: The Qing Dynasty, 1644 - 1912\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"We're here to protect Chinese tradition\" . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe last Ming resistance in Taiwan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCentury of peace . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrowing economy .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTerritorial expansion .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly contact with the West .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRe-establishing trade .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerican crops .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJesuit\u003ci\u003es. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTurning point . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSystem failure .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRise of industrial Britain .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBankruptcy .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpium trade .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first Opium War .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe invisible hand\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeavenly Kingdom of Great Peace rebellion \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Jesus is my brother!\" .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScholars against the rebels .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe second Opium War\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelf-strengthening \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmpress Dowager Cixi to the rescue .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSir Robert Hart, head of the Chinese customs service.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBurlingame, ambassador for America and China .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew hope - the Beiyang force.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilo McGiffin and the Chinese navy . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncompatible with tradition .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new academy at Weihai Wei.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the dragon meets the rising sun . \u003cbr\u003eRise of industrial Japan . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLine of advantage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe first Sino-Japanese war . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Korean crisis .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeclaration of war .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGetting ready .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Battle of Yalu River .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncounter .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOutnumbered battle .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire in the forecastle .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWithdraw .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBattle results .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTotal defeat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAftermath .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeace treaty .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiaoyu Islands .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJapan's path to imperial power .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarving up China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHundred Days' Reform \u003cbr\u003eSociety on the eve of revolution . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModern city life .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImpoverished countryside .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Now you must turn to God!\" .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTensions in the birthplace of Confucius .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLast straw from the Forbidden City\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe storm of 1900 . \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBattle of Beijing .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEight-nation alliance .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoxer Protocol .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinal humiliation .\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevolution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSun Zhongshan, father of modern China .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJing Liu\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist and entrepreneur from Beijing, China. 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